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Kerala flood: More than 350,000 people have had to abandon their homes (Image: Getty )

Kerala Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called this current flood “the worst monsoon disaster since 1924."

The rains from the '99 disaster remain the highest ever recorded in the country and most parts of Kerala were under water.

But this year's rainfall is already approaching the record set almost a century ago.

At the moment, a total of 2,087.67mm has fallen on Kerala between June 1 and August 15, a 30 percent increase from previous years.

According to Al Jazeera's senior meteorologist Steff Gaulter, the amount of rain that has fallen is unexpectedly high this year.

Kerala flood: At least 10,000 people have been reported stranded in one village alone (Image: Reuters )

Kerala flood: The amount of rain that has fallen is unexpectedly high this year. (Image: Getty )

She said: ”Normally by this point in the monsoon season we see about 1.649 millimetres of rain, but this year it was 2.344mm. This is well over what we’d expect in the entire monsoon season, and we still have another month to go.

"This would obviously cause major issues in any year, but this year it has exacerbated by the fact that the rainfall during the last few monsoons has been below average: 2017 had 9percentless rain than average, 2016 had 34percentless rain and 2015 had 26percent.

"This means that the difference between the amount of wet weather that has been seen in recent years and this year, is even more marked than it would be otherwise and the result is plain to see.

"Fortunately the rain is forecast to ease on Monday, so the flood water will finally be given a chance to recede.”